Washing-machine with folding wringer



H. D. PAYNE, A. W. DE CLERQUE AND S. T. SJOBERG.

WASHING MACHINE WITH FOLDING WRINGER.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 7. I920.

1,375,170. Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

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WASHING-MACHINE WITH FOLDING WRINGEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, HALSEY D. PAYNE, ALVIN W. DE CLERQUE, and SIDNEY T. 8.10- BERG, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicagofin the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines with Folding Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to laundry machincry of the type commonly used in homes. The object of theinvention is to so equip the cabinet. of a power driven washing machine with a wringer for use in wrin ing the clothes delivered from the tub t at the wrin or may be tilted between its normal working position standing up above the plane of the upper edge of the cabinet to g lane, and therefore capable of being concea ed by any sort of cover which may be placed across the of the cabinet.

it is well known that it is necessary to .cover up wringers and other washin machinery between periods of use, in or er to keep such devices from getting dirty and deteriorating by mere contact with ordinary 3.11.

The invention consists in means for carrying out the foregoing and other objects which can be easily and comparatively cheaply made, which is satisfactory in use and 1s not readily liable to get out of order. It also consists in other details and features of construction hereafter more fully set forth in the specification and claims.

Referring to the drawings in which similar numerals represent the same parts throughout the several views,

Figurel is a side elevation of mechanism illustrating this'invention in its preferred form.

Fig. 2 is an end view taken from the right hand side of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 are respective detail views of parts constituting the pivot joint on "which the wringer is mounted so it can swing downward from elevated position and.

vice versa.

Fig. 1 shows in conventional form the upper portions of sidewalls 1012 of a washing cabinet in connection with which the mechanism of thisinvention is used, it

stance screws 18, is a hollow, scmispherical case 20 containing intermeshing bevel gears 22 .and 24. The bevel gear 22 is power driven through the agency of a vertical shaft 26 connected at its lower ends to the Washing machine mechanism proper, forming no part of this invention, and therefore not shown. Gear 24 drives horizontal shaft 28, which carries sprocket gear 30, over which passes sprocket chains 32, to drive sprocket gear 34, on the lower roller 36 of a wringer carried by bracket 38. The wringer mechanism is supported on an upright support 40 through which shaft 28 asses, and in which it is journaled. The ower end of support 40 is pivotally connected to case member 20, on a hinge pin '42 passing through hinge bearing 44 in the case 20 and binge bearing 46 on support 40. The lower end of wringer support 40 also carries a semi-spherical case 48 whichin closes semi-spherical case 20, heretofore described, the two cases 20 and 48 being so shaped and arranged that, in the absence of catch mechanism to be hereafter described, the wringer and attached parts freely rotate about shaft 42 from the full line position of 1, in which the wringer isabove the cabinet edge 14 to the dotted line position of Fig. 1. where it is entirely below the edge 14 and out ofthe way so that the cabinet may be covered. It will be noted that in this form of device the bevel gears 22 and 24 are separated whenever the wrin or is moved from the full line position of ig. 1, toward the dotted line posltion. It will also ,be noted that the wringer swings in th plane of its body, i. 6., the plane of its rolls and consequently can move much deeper into the cabinet than is possible where the wringer swings about the axis of shaft 28, as in other constructions.

An suitable means may be provided for detac ably locking the wringer mechanism in each of these extreme positions. The particular form of locking mechanism here sh'own comprises a catch lever 50 suitably mounted at 52 on the outside of member 48, said lever carrying a locking tooth 54 adapt- Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

ed to pass throu h perforationfifi provided for it in the mem er 40 into a selected one of the holes 56, 58 inthe wall of the case mem- 'ber 20. Perforation 56 is used when the wringer is in full line position of Fig. 1, and the perforation 58 is used when the wringer is in its opposite or dotted line position of Fig. 1. This lever is normally urged to one or the other of said locking positions by compression-spring 60.

. It will be noticed that when the wrin er is depressed and the cabinet is closed up y placing a cover over its upper edge, the entire mechanism is ca able of very neat appearance even tho'ug it may be kept in a room normally used for other purposes than washing, a condition which could not -exist if the wringer had to stand in,upr ight position. w

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In mechanism of the class described, a cabinet, a wringer mechanism mounted in a frame, means pivoting the wringer frame at a point inside the cabinet and'below its upper edge in such manner that the wringer may be swung in the plane of the body of .the wringer from an elevated position where it extends above the top' of the cabinet to a lower position where it is below the to of the .cabinet, means for selectively loc ing the wringer in each of said positions, and

means in the cabinet adapted to deliver ower to the wringer when the wringer is in --1ts elevated position.

2. In mechanism of the class described, a cabinet, a wringer mechanism mounted in a frame, means pivoting the wrin er frame at a point inside the cabinet and upper edge in such manner that the wringer may be swung in the plane of the body of the wringer from an elevated position where it extends above the top of the cabinet to a lower position where it is below the top of the cabinet, means for selectively locking the wringer in each of said positions, means in elow its the cabinet adapted to deliver power to the I ward in the cabinet toward its top, a wrmger frame normally extending vertically of the cabinet parallel to said power shaft, means pivoting said wrin'ger frame on an axis at right angles to the power shaft so that the wringer can be swung from said vertical po\ sition to a position In which the frameis horizontal and the wringer is below the upper edge of the cabinet, a wringer mechanism carried b the wringer frame, means detachably 10c ing the wringer frame in each of saidpositions, and means driven by said power shaft for driving the wringer mechanism when the wringer is in itsupright position.

4. In mechanism of the class described, a cabinet, a vertical ower shaft extending upward in the cabinet toward its top, a Wringer frame normally extending vertically of the cabinet parallel to said ower shaft, means pivoting said wringer rame on an axis at right angles to the power shaft so that the wringer can be swung from said vertical position to a position in which the frame is horizontal and the wringer is below theupper edge of the cabinet, a wringer mechanism carried by the .wringer -frame, means detachably locking the wringer frame in each of said positions, and means driven by said power shaft for driving the ,wringer mechanism when the wringer is in its upright position, said power shaft and wringer being automatically disconnected as the wrmger moves from its upper to its lower position.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names. HALSEY DILPAYNE.

ALVIN W. DE CLERQUE. SIDNEY T. SJOBERG. 

